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Janet Hansen 2013

Name: Janet Hansen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, NCIDQ Title: Principal Company: SMRT - Architects and Engineers Location: Portland, ME; Andover, MA Place of birth: Wilmington, Delaware Family: Husband and 3 adult children First job unrelated to your current field: Working in a craft gallery First job in current field: Charles E. Nelson Associates, Newton, MA What your firm does now and its plans for the future? SMRT provides architecture, engineering, planning, interiors and energy services to a wide variety of clients. We specialize in complex, 24/7 or highly integrated facilities, in the corporate, science/technology/industry, healthcare, government, higher and private education and justice sectors. We will continue to be early adopters of new construction delivery methods, partnering with some of the best construction companies in the country. We were early adopters of Design-Build and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), for example. SMRT will also continue to smartly deploy some of the newest industry technologies to help support our clients' success. Hobbies: Travel and knitting Keys to success: Collaboration - with wonderful clients and SMRT's team of architects and engineers. Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Paul Stevens, Chairman, SMRT, the fourth generation of his family to practice architecture and provide leadership to the firm. If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Travel agent/writer
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